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unc70

(6,496 posts)
31. I am also voting for Valerie
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 02:07 PM
15 hrs ago

Not often do I feel my primary vote matters in Orange County and the 4th District. This time I do. Good summary of the situation.

I have been traveling cross country out of NC since mid January, before early voting began. I am traveling back home this weekend for this vote.

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Democrats behaving stupidly. [View all] yardwork Thursday OP
Kick dalton99a Thursday #1
Nailed it dweller Thursday #2
Mahalo for this, yardwork... I'm so Cha Thursday #3
Wow. That's some shit. CousinIT Thursday #4
And so unnecessary. yardwork Thursday #6
Kick MustLoveBeagles Thursday #5
It really did not! yardwork Thursday #7
The mayor of NY ran a positive campaign on the issues MustLoveBeagles Thursday #8
similar situation in texas senate. rampartd Thursday #9
It sounds like anonymous dark money is going MadameButterfly Thursday #17
Damn right struggle4progress Thursday #10
thx for breaking up into small paragraphs... WarGamer Thursday #11
I try. yardwork Thursday #12
Praise! Truth! QueerDuck Thursday #14
Damn. Susan Calvin Thursday #13
Disappointing this is going on BaronChocula Thursday #15
There's bad blood from the 2024 campaign. yardwork Thursday #18
Circular firing squad RetiredParatrooper Thursday #16
This time I blame outsiders. yardwork Thursday #19
"We know BETTER THAN YOU when it comes to how to 'do-politics' in your own back yard!" QueerDuck 18 hrs ago #23
The more I think about it the angrier I get. yardwork 16 hrs ago #28
It's Awfully Insulting, Divisive.. Cha 4 hrs ago #34
well said! excellent post - great points - and plenty of homework and grist for the mill stopdiggin Thursday #20
Completely appropriate critique Cirsium Thursday #21
Thank you, yardwork, very well said. sheshe2 Thursday #22
We shouldn't care about race, religion, or sex gulliver 18 hrs ago #24
That's easy to say when we occupy privileged positions. yardwork 16 hrs ago #29
Fixating on identity makes things worse... gulliver 16 hrs ago #30
I'm not talking about theory. yardwork 13 hrs ago #33
Myth that Democrats ignore economic inequality and class, fooling people into voting for them with identity politics betsuni 2 hrs ago #37
Going negative and then suing a fellow Democrat? That alone tells you how Nida Allam would govern. PeaceWave 18 hrs ago #25
A bad progressive is just that...a bad progressive. Hopefully they will not win. walkingman 17 hrs ago #26
Thank you for bringing this up. Vegan4life 17 hrs ago #27
I am also voting for Valerie unc70 15 hrs ago #31
I live and work in district 3 dsc 15 hrs ago #32
Got a grudge against Bernie Sanders?? Jack Valentino 4 hrs ago #35
Agree. Creating division when goals are the same and only strategy is different. Character attacks betsuni 4 hrs ago #36
I will vote for Nida simply because Valerie committed the cardinal sin of taking Jspur 1 hr ago #38
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